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URNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 21

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1 would not grieve you unnecessarily, and |
would have saved you tvom this very pain-
ful interview, but my boy—ke has n
futher.”

She stopped, unable to proceed. _
equally affected. Imurmured, ‘* Emma.
{ will be his fatherg he shall be my ebild; |
bat why talk thus? why abandon yoursell
to despair? You are young, and have
gusny years to live.” A melancholy smile
played over her face: ‘* Years to live!
she repeated, in a low, calm voice,
**no, not days!” 1 looked at her attentive-
ly; she was unusually beautiful; her eyes
were bright and lustrous, and her cheek
was streaked with glowing carmine: she |
changed the conversation to more indif-
ferent subjects, and presently, complain-
ing that she felt a little faint, requested ine
to leave her for the present, and return at
an early hour in the eyening. I obeyed
her, and retired.

As I walked from the house. a fearful
suspicion crossed my mind. ‘There was a
salemnity in her ‘ not days” that filled me
with alarm. I inquired tor the physician
that attended her, and called upon him—
my worst fears were trne—Enime was in
the last, the hopeless stage of consump-
tion.

My feelings miy be easily conceived,
when, in the evening, I sought the lodg-
ings ot my dying friend, I found her re-
lining upon the sofa, and beside her a
lovely boy of three years old in the deep-
est mourning. I entered so gently that
for a few scconds she was unconscious ol
my being in the room; I looked at her
anxiously. Her still beautiful face was
white as the artist’s marble; but when she
saw me hanging over ihe couch, again the
eye lightened, und again a feeble blush
dwelt tor an instant on her faded cheek ;
she beckoned to me—I knelt beside her—
she was sadly altered since the morning.

* Geosge,” she said, feebly, ‘I feared
I might not have strength to convey to

you my dying wishes; you will find them

here,” and she put a sealed packet in my |

hand, ‘While with a faint effort she placed
» the infant in my arms,—

** Will you be a futher to him?”

A flood of teurs fell upon the child’s face,
as sileutly I pressed him to my bosom
« And you will bury me with Arthur?”|
Icould not speak, ‘' Kiss me, Georg
my boy—Arthur [come !” 1 had passed
my arin round her kneck to support her —
the head fell backward on my arm-—the
veyes closed—and Emma Hilson was dead! |

* * * > * * *

Her wishes were obeyed. She sleeps
in the churchyard of Ashlield, beside him
whom in life she loved so well—and 1
*placed the simple tablet over their graves
which tells their names to the passing tra-
veller. ‘The orphan of Arthur Hilson is
my adopted child.

My boy—for he is dear to me as ever
child was to a parent—has exceoded my
most sanguine hopes; and, when I fall,
and a presentiment tells me that mine will
be a soldier's death, George Hilson wil
find that his adopted father has not forgot-
ten him.

UNDER THE WRONG FLAG.

From the Canadian for May.

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‘Tt is acknowledged by all who are con-
versunt with the current history of Cana-
dian affairs that within the last few years
an astonishing increase has taken place in
the number of young men who cross oyer
to the United States from the various pro-
vinces of the dominion. Yet we have
seen but little in the Canadian press show-
ing that proper consideraation of the
subject which its importance demands. It
would seem as if all were fearful to touch
upon a topic so humiliating to our nation-
al pride,—thus tacitly admitting the cor-
rectness of the charge so frequently made
against us by the United States press—that
‘Cunada docs not know the true value ol
her young men. Differingin opinion from
those who expect to restrain this emigra-
tion by ignoring its existence, we advocate
the fullest publicity in all its details, be-
lieving itis only by diffusing a general
knowledge ot the relative advantages of
the two countries, that our people can be
taught the folly of expatriation,

As we view the earlier history of British
America and the United States, contrasting
the semi-torpidits of the one with the rap-
id progress of the other, it ceases to be a
-eause for wonder that when the glowing

story of the Union’s prosperity reached the
wilds of Canada, not a few discontented
spirits were lound ready and willing to
vavail themselves of the change that  prof-
fered an improvement of their condition,
Unlike the emigrant from across the sea,
with no old habits to discard, with no new
ones to acquire, the success of the settler
from Canada was rapid and certain, Each
one who prospered soon drew many old
javietds to his new home, and they in turn
became powerful magnets to draw on
those who were left behind. ‘Thus, step
by step, the exodus increased, till gather- |
ing strength with its years, this terrible |
evil now threatens the yery welfare of the
country.

We admit that the time has been
when the young man could find in the
United States a greater field for successful
entefprise than in any of the British Am-
_erican provinces; but it was years ago,
and the western world has changed its
front since then. ‘The Dominion and the

* Union have exchanged places, and we
date this new era from the commencement
of the southern rebellion, When the Uni-
ted States entered the list as one of the

reat warlike powers of the world she

eparted from the paths of prosperity and
afiluence. During the continuance of the
-war, the enormous expenditures of the
Government created an artificial pros-
_perity, but on its termination a disasteous
reaction ensued, which ever since has
_been fostered with skilllul stupidity by the
political agitation of reconstruction, “Mer
‘vital energies are crippled by enormous
staxation, and her very existence rests up-

on the rotten foundation of an inflated pa-

per currency. With her manufactures

_depressed, her shipping curtailed,deprived
of the south as & market, the supply of
labor isin excess of the deaand; and
thousands, impoverished by the high cost
of the common necessaries of lile, swell
the ranks of payperism to an extent be-
yond ull power of relief.

It is to these changes in the labor and
»money market of the United States that we
.eall the especial attention of our readers,

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Could the young man just starting out | Turk
lin the world’but see the trids that thou-| to the c
e | sands of bis countrymen have to endure, Jer

| their want of comfort and sympathy when | jsh conyert to Christianity in Great Britain.
I was most necded, their make-shilts to keep up| Now there are 20,000 converts on the con-
appearances, their bitter struggles to keep | tinent and 3,000 in England. of whom 100
the wolf from the door, the little they re-| are clergymen in the Church of England.
ecive for their labor, the large ameunt
they expend tor the Common nevessaries,

e would never leave his native land fora
rome under the stars and stripes.
At present the various provinces are

agitated by the changes through which
they ure pas: ing, and business is somewhat
unsettled, but this will pass away and a
better state of things succeed.
driven from home by political clap trap
'about the evils of confederation, but stay
at home and help to redress them,
tion is increased, and injudiciously so,but
we have no heavy
and, as the errors are detected, the people year.

Do not be

‘Taxa-

vy war-debt to discharge,

will soon rectify them. Leaving Canada
for the United States to escape taxation
and depression of business, is truly ‘out
of the frying pan into the fire.” Yet these
are the only reasons now advanced in fa-
vor ofthe step, That they are seriously
entertained we cannot doubt, but it must
be only by that layge class who allow
others to make their opinions. ‘They hear
from friends such stories, and seeing no-
thing in the local papers to contradict them,
naturally make no effort to obtitin infor-
mation on the subject,

We hold it to be the duty of the public
press to pay frequent attention to this im-
portant topic, for it is one that will ever
be interesting to their readers, and its
fruit, like bread east upon the waters, will
return after many days, There is a dis-
position on the part of many who now so-
Journ in a strange land, to avail th m-
selves of the increasing benefits conlerred
by confederation, but they are deterred by
seeing those at home preparing to leave,
In no prophetic spirit, but alter mature
deliberation, we confidently assert that ere

| long the tide will turn the other way, and

that our young men will return to their
native lind,—some sadder, all wiser, by
their experience abroad, It behooves
those at home to put their house in order,
so as to make the adyent of the wanderers

| beneficial to all parties concerned, All

that is needed to ensure this end is to in-
form our people abroad ot the progress we
are making in building up our country,
Men who have preserved their nationality
against the greatest temptations, as is al-
most universally the case with our fellow-

‘countrymen in the United States, have too

much love tor the old soil not to embrace
the first tayorable opportunity to return,
Our country needs the talent and assis-
tance of all her sons at this very time, and
we assure them that there is room for all
who preter their own flag to the now
gloomy stars and stripes.

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NEWS SUMMARY.

Ix the House of Commons on the 12th
inst., the reply of the Queen to the petition
of the House of Commons, based on Mr.
Gladstone’s third resolution, was an-
nounced,—The Queen says ‘ that relying
oa the wisdom ot the House of Commons,
she desires that her interest in the tempor-
alitics of the Irish Church will not in any
way hamper parliamentary legislation on
the subject.,—On the 13th, Mr, Gladstone
brought in a bill to suspend for the pre-
sent any making of additional appoint-
ments to the lrish Chnreh, ‘his bill pass-
ed to athird reading on the 14th, and is
to remain in effect until the first of Aug-
ust, 1869.

‘The letters received from Dr, Living-
stone, by his Edinburg tricnds, leave no
doubt that the lies of the Johanna men
were invented to hide their cowardice.
The Doctor mentions that the Johanna
men had **skedaddled,” upon hearing
that a traveller journeying into the interi-
or had been robbed ot his slaves, a fate
which they seem to baye feared for them:
selves, It is amusing also to find that the
English name has strack such « fear into
the minds of the slave-dealers that they
iminediately took to their heels as soon as
they heard that an Englishman was on the
road, Livingstone’s last date is Pebruary,
1867.

Comments do not cease on the drunken
speech with which the Prime Minister of
England closed the first great debate on
the trish Church. What is odd is that the
‘Tory pupers answer only by silence. No-
thing like a contradiction has anywhere
appeared, Indeed, how can you contra-
dict what six hundred cye-witnesses testi-
ty to? There is no longer any affectation

condition on that evening.
not suppress in the reports the conspiracy
passage? ask some persons, ‘The answer
given atew nights ago was that Mr, Dis-
tacli lett the Mouse of Commons at 84
o'clock in the morning, bliud drank.
When he came to himsell on Saturday af-
ternoon, he sent his private Secretary.
young Corry, with messages and verbal
explanations to the newspaper oflices, but
the mischiel was done, the speech was in
everybody's hands, aud belore night the
scandal had flown over England,

Lhe Emperor Napoleon and the Em-
press were ut Orleans on Saturday the Yih
inst., from which city they returned to
Paris on Monday. Upon their arrival at
Orleans they were received by the Mayor
on the part of the people, in an address ot
welcome. The Emperer replied briefly,
and alter expressing his thanks suid that
he was happy to be in a city made sacred
by glorious religious and political menio-
ries, and devoted to active industry. He
was sure such labors were safe in the
general assurance of peace, The Bishop
of Orleans spoke in reply, and concluded
by invoking blessings upon the Emperor
and Empress,

‘The sudden close of the Abyssinian war
caused a good deal of excitement in the
East India freight trade, and heavy de-
cline in rates, as the relesse of the tonnage
under charter to the Government would
be speedy and very larger.

Queen Victoria is said to be very regular
in atten ance on Divine services, and no-
tices the absence of any of herservants- Oa
one occasion, at Balmoral, last season,she
asked one of her attendants on a Monday
morning, ‘' Why were you not at the kirk
yesterday?” Heanswered, * Please your
Majesty, the morning was wet.” ‘Oh,
fie,” said the Queen, “who could have
expected a Scotchman to plead that ex-
cuse? It was not too wet for me.”

It is said that the late King Louis of

aud warn the young man who thinks of
going thither, ugainst the special pleading |
of his countrymen across the border, who, |

Bavaria lett cight coffers, the contents of
which are a mystery. One is to be open-
ed in 1869, and the others in 1918! At

_ captivated by the glitter and bustle around that date it is more than probable that the
them, write that ‘business never was’ present generation will haye joined King

Detter, and you are certain ot obtaining
constant empleyment at good wages,”

‘Trace that letter to its writer, and you }te death at Amousa in Alrica, as sacrinces
will most probably find that it came froma on the occasion of the King’s death, Sure-

Ls
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ouis,
‘Lhree thousand human beings were put |

dry- goods clerk who is starving on eight or | ly the Christian powers ol the world should
ten dollars a week, or from mechanic, | put an end to such butchery,

who, at from two to three dollars a day is |
out of eniployment six months in the year, | f

We speak adyisedly when we gay thatfew cuted, and army of the Nikudo arrived at) Canadian feni

Canadians in the United States are doing 4
better than they could at home, while a

great number tare lar worse and Litterly |fyllowing:—* Tho Spakivtan Mutineers
jeltim that in. recent. conflicts with the |

re pent the foo.ish step they have taken.
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Late vnd iinportant despatches receive:

dd
from dupun, |

Vivil War vigorously proses |

voint near Jeddu,
A dispatch from Athens contains the

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of deserve in speaking of Mr. Disracii’s | ¢
Why did he |;

, the latter were defeated and driven
ust.
Sixty years ago there was hardly a Jew-

Spain is trying to negotiate a loan of
$10,000,000, in Tondon, payable in filteen
years, offering as security the surplus
revenues of Uayana,

A dispatch from Constantinople, dated
May 12th, says:—*t The Sultan opened
the new Council yesterday in a speech
remarkable for its liberality, He said the
time had come when Turkish manners
must yield to European civilization.
There are about 3,000 endowed schools
in England.

There were 700 suicides in Paris last

Siateen thousand Mormons in Europe
have proposed emigrating to Utah this
spring.
The Algerian Arabs starve at filty a-
day. .

UNITED STATES.

Advices from the City of Mexico, to the
Ist of May says, that Juarez is in quite
} ossession of the Presidency, and that all
attempts at revolution in diff rent parts of
the country had been suppressed.

‘The case of John H. Surratt was before
‘the Criminal Court at Washington on the
12th inst., and at the request of the pris-
oner’s counsel the trial wi s postponed un-
til next June.

Richmond adyices of the 2nd contain
the following: ‘Jeff. Davis’ buil bond
was renewed to-day. The accused is to
appear on such day, at the next term, as
the Court may hereatter fix, The Judge
said that Chief Justice Chase had told him
him that he would be in Richmond to pre-
side at the trial, within two days alter the
{Impeachment trial had been concluded.
the new bond has Horace Greeley, Cor-
nelius Vanderbilt and Garrit Smith on it
i 5,000 each, and the remaining $25,-
000 is by the citizens of Richmond, ‘This

named, kx-Senator Bright of Indiana
was in the Court room, snd Gen. Lee and
Ex-Seeretary of War Seddon were in the
city to attend as witne. ses, It is thought
the trial will take place the last of May.”
A Southern paper is urging upon the
Southern people the selection of u day for
un annual * national celebration,” to be
observed with proper ceremonies, for the
purpose of commemorating the great
achievements of the Coulederacy during
its short career, and to be devoted to dec-
orating the graves of those who fell in ihe
Southern eause,

The New Orleans Zribune, said to be
the only daily paper in the United States,
owned and edited by negroes, and the
only one thus conducted in the South, has
suspended for want of support.

About a year ago the Peruvian Govern-
ment sent an expedition to explore the
northera parts of that country, on the
banks of the rivers Maranon and Merona,
which are tributaries of the Amazon, A
steamer named the Napo was employed
under the command of a Major Vargas,
whose ollicial report, recently issued, is
alleged to show that *timmense quantities
of gold exist in the region through which
the explorers passed.” It is stated that
such is the abundance that an Indian—
using only a simple wooden tray tor wash-
ing the gold dust—can gather several
ounces of gold in twe or three hours,

The New York Commercial Advertiser, in
an article on Fenianism says :—** ‘Phe spirit
of Fenianism is not only diabolical, but
unapproachable. It seems to be simply
and purely fiendish, Jt burns and slaugli-
ters wantonly, No measure of forbear-
ance or miguianimnity disarms or softens it.
When an cottrage has beer committed, an
appeal lor pardon is responded to, only,as
it appears, that a second vutrage may be
immediately committed. The unprece-
dented indulgence of the British Govern-
ment shows ho purpose, but aggravates
the atrocities of Fenians, Our own Goy-
ernment, too, constantly called upon to
inferpose in fayor of Fenian prisoners,
finds its reware in fresh assassinations,
And the unsatinble df Penianism

store fur him, wouldn’t he leave the country.”
Witness also heard another man say: “Smith,
you did that job of burning the Orange Lodge
first rate.”
as the man he heard called Smith.

counts respecting the crops.
wheat sown last autump was unusualy large, | of th

was done by instructions from the parties |

Witness has identified Whelan

Tur Cnors.—From all parts of Canada

we are glad to receive the most favorable ac- | municagions.
The breadth of| addresges of our correspondents as a guaranty

and there is less winter killed than has been
known for many years. In fact unless some
entirely unforseen misfortune occurs between
this and harvest time we may hope for one
of the most productive yields which has ever
been known in Canada. Of spring wheat
there hus been a considerable quantity sown,
and we hear that it is coming up ina very
promising manner.

In the States the indications are also favor-
able. In Ohio, New York, Pennsylyania,and
Lilinois the yield of wheat is expected to be
unprece lentedly large. In some parts of the
Northwestern states grasshoppers have sp-
peared in large numbers, and have done con-
siderable damage, but on the whole the farm-
ers of Iowa and Minnesota are well satisfied
with the appearance of the crops. ‘The re-
ports from Europe are also favorable, and a
fine and carly harvest is expected. The
stock of breadstuffs on hand, however, is
unusually sinall.

The Montreal Gazelle says :—

++ Advices from St. Louis show that the
prospects of the wheat crop in the United
States are very favoroble; it is said there
is ‘not even one dark shade” But the
peach and other fruit crops are said to be
touched by recent frosts. From Western
Canada so far we have precisely the same
report with regard to fall wheat,”
The Quebee and Gulf Ports Steamship
Gaspe has commenced the season's operations
having started yesterday from Quebec, on her
first trip to Pictou and intermediate ports.
‘The Gas-e has undergone a thorough over:
hauling since last season, a considerable part
of her machinery having been repaired or re-
newed, the passenger berths widened, and
other improvements effected of afcharacter
to strengthen the vessel and ensure the safety
und comfort of the passengers. We were
glad to see the Gaspe in such goed condition
for sea, and wish her a prosperous season.
She is commanded by Cupt, ‘T’. Connell, who
it is believed will leave nothing undone to
give satisfaction to the Company and the
j public, ‘The Gaspe carries the mails, passen-
gers and a fall cargo.

We understand that the tablet in memory
of the late Hon. Thomas D'Arey McGee,
placed on the building opposite the spot where
he fell, was unyailed at 7 o'clock, May 9th.
The simple and expressive inscription,neatly
executed by Mr. Mills, the marble worker,
runs as follows:—‘Here fell, on the 7th
April, 1868, by the assassin'’s hand, the Hon.
Thomas D'Arcy McGee.” ‘The inscription is
cut into the stone of the building.

In the Methodist Church at Milltown
last Sabbath, eleven adults were baptized
by Rey. Howard Sprague and between 60
and 70 received the right hand of fellow-
ship, aftewards the Lord’s supper was nd-
ministered to a larger number of commu-
nicants than the church has had for 12
years,—St. Croix Courier,

‘The steamer ** Princess of Wales” made
the trip trem Pictou to Charlottetown last
Monday in 3 hours and 49 minutes. The
** Princess” is one of the fastest as well as
comfortable passenger boats plyitig on
the waters of the Lowet Provinces, Cap-
tain Evans, her gentlemanly commander,
is very popular with the travelling public.
Halifax Reporter, May 9.

LOOAL ITEMS.

The Patriot mentions the following as
some of the improvements to be made in
the City this summer :—

** Bishop McIntyre has commenced the
cellar wall of a Monastery boilding,on the
lot adjoining Mr, Hyndinan’s European
Exchange. Owen Connolly, Esq, is dig-
ging the cellar of a new shop, between
the premises of F. LePage, Msq., and
McRae’s ‘Tailoring Establishment, and the
Queen’s Printer is doing a similar work
on his premises near the Temperance Hall
—Messis McKinnon and Fraser, Carriage
Builders, are also both preparing to build
this summer. These, with the Bishop's
Palace, will be among the civie impreve-
ments for 1808,

The Rey. Mr. Simpson, son of Alex.
Simpson, Usq., of Cavendish, in this Is-
land, has accepted a call as colleague to
Rev. Mr. Mcuregor, Poplar Grove Pres-
byterian Church, Halitax, and is to be in-

most malignant when’ the British Varlia-
ment is showing the greatest wisdom und
hy for Ire.and. in the repeal of the
ies himent. The assassination
» and that of the attempted
(Prince Allred, are great

ught to induce all
to set their faces

against Femanism.”

It is stated in American papers that an
entirely new Fenian organization is to. be
periccted in the United States on the same
busis us the political secret sociclies in
Tuuly, which will wbsorb those now in the
existing circles whose honesty is unques-
tionable,

Itis reported that President Johnson was
acquitted on the strongestarticle of Impeach-
ment—the eleventh. The Senate then ad-
journed until the 26th, without taking a yote
on the other articles.

cgi’ who
assisted Gen. Napier in his vements
against Theodore is to be placed upon the
throne, and the Prince’ Thé@odurus is to be
sent to England to be educated. Evidently,
therefore, it is to be expected that there will
be harmony between the two countries, and
ifthe new King does not lose his throng or
his head; t the hand of the dead Theodore’s
partisans, there is no reason why the friendly
relations between the two Governments may
not be of service to both parties,

NEW DOMINION,

The Dominion Parliament was to be pro-
rogued on Saturday last. ‘The rate of interest
in Nova Scotia has been fairly fixed at7 per
eent. The Dominion Government have re-
ceived no information yet of the intended
despatch of an American fleet to the Canadian
fishing waters. It is reported that the pro-
posed Canadian Marine policy for the protec-
tion of fisheries will consist mainly of small
cruizers, especially adapted as coast guards,
which will generally remain within a marine
league from the shore, and warn intruders
aways

An effort will be made in Senate to defeat
the bill fur the reduction ot the Governor
General’s salary. It is not probable that
that body will take the responsibility of re-
pealing it,

Evidence of considerable importance, of
entirely new character is now being taken in
the assassination case, but its purport will
not be allowed to transpire for some days.—
Detectives have made further seizures of
Fenian papers.

Aman nained Duggan, a saloon keeper,
and two accomplices, were arrested this mor-
ning, charged with being implicated jin the
plot for the assassination 9f McGee. ‘The
prisoners were examined betore Judge Cour-
sel with the doors .of the Court closed, A
witness testified to being present.in Duggan’s
house, in December, when the conspiracy
was hatched. ‘Lwelve American and twelve
ins were also present.

The Bogton Journal says: Th

ducted on the 21st inst,—Pat.

By late English papers we see that Fred-
| erick, liyndiuan, Esq., It. N., hus Leen
jAppointed assistant Paymaster in charge to
ithe Newport, which was being fitted out for
{surveying service in the Mediterreancan,
) Mr. Hyndman spent a few years in the British
North American Coast Survey under Capt.
Orlebar; was for sume time, attached to the
Flagships dadus and Nile, and subsequently
served us Assistant Paymaster in the Dus-
can, Hormidable and Victory. We congratu-
late our Isiand friend on this last appoint
ment, which is, we understand, an excellent
one.—J'at,

Extraonpinary Merroric Arrrarancn.
—On Wednesday evening, the i8th inst., at
twilight, before the fixed stars were visible, a
Meteor was observeg trom Cape ‘Traverse, in
this Island, in a North Westwardly direction,
shooting down from a height of twenty-five
ov thirty deg. above the horizon. After tra
versing about fifteen degrees, it became ex.
tinct. The apparent size of the Meteor
greatly excecded that of an ordinary shooting |
star, Its descent was comparatively slow,
aad nearly ina straight line; but the lumi-
nous appearance which it lett behind it in the
heavens, quickly assumed a sinuous Hepect,
not unlike that of zigzag lightning. ‘This lu-
minous track was of great brilliancy, and re-
mained distinctly visible for upwards of 20
minutes afer the Meteor had disappeared,
No corruscations were visible in it, wlthough
the angular projections seemed to waver and
contract, and thus imparted an undulsted ap-
pearamece to the phenomenon, as if it had
been an unbroken stream of light floating
through the atmosphere.—Jsl,

We have received the Fifty-eighth
Report of the North British and Mereanilte
Insurance Company, from which it appears
the premiums on the “ Fire Business” alone
amounted to £333,984 18s,, being an increase
of £53,441 88. Sd., sterling. over that of the
previous year, ‘The losses by fire during the
past year were £105,733 12s, 11d. sterling.
In the * Life Department” £871,818 sterling
were covered by 916 policies. ‘Lhe premiums
received from this source were £29,278 9s.
10d. At the annual meeting held at Kdin-
burgh in March ast, a dividend of 12 per
cent. anda bonus of 4 per cent. were do-
clared on the paid up capital of the Company
and after paying the Dividend and Henus
£50,009 sterling were added to the Reserve
Fund. ‘The capital of this Company is two
millions sterling, and the total accumulated
funds on the 8ist Dec., 1867, were £3 687,-
$13 14s. 10d. If the character and standin;
of the North British may be i ferred from is
list of oflive-bearers, we should say that itis
second to none in any part of the United
Kingdom, forit has for President the Duke
of Kosburgh, and for Vice-Presidents, the
Duke of Sutherland, the Lord Licutenant of
Ireland, aad the Viceroy of India, and among
ite Directors are large land owners as well
as some of the leading merchants and barris-
ters of London and Edinburgh. We hope |

One man esiled Smith, was selected to do)

j# certain job, but witness could not say what) DeBlois, Esq.,
job it was, but he heard one of the wen say | the publi
My God, if MeGee only knew what was fn] pany also.-

such a Company may long continue to do
business here, Agent for 1. 1, Island, GW

who gives great satisfaction to
ay we have nodonbt, to the Come
Lat,

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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1868.
tice can be taken of anonymous com-
We must know the names and

No no

r good faith. We cannot undertake to
stuy communications that are not used.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Fanaine has ever been the chicf oc-
cupation and support of our j opulation.
Something like half a century ago the
Island was one continuous forest. Since
tha’ time the ring of the woodman’s
a@® has never ceased to prepare acre
after acre of the primitive forest for agri-
cultural purposes, and the country has
gone through the silent process of a so-
cial revolution. Now we have well
cultivated farms and a prosperous popu-
lation, At first the facilities afforded
the settler were scanty, and as a natural
consequence, the land was poorly tilled ;
but now every harbor in the Island sends
out its ship-loads of produce, which
commands a ready sale in foreign mar-
kets. ‘This improvement is chicily ow-
ing to ¢he more general diffusion of
education, and also, in no small degree,
to the example set by a few good practi-
cal farmers from other countries, who
have settled among us. ‘Lhe improve-
ment during the last ten years, by the
application of lime and mussel mud to
the soil, is particularly marked. Enough
has been done to prove conclusively that
an industrious man with some practical
knowledge of agriculture, and a small
amount of capital, can acquire an honor-

Island,

respect.
pression and want.
trial for the farmer,
ing. bee
brought out by the circumstances of mis-
fortune, the present distress may have
the salutary effect of making many ,dis-

continue the practice of keeping a large
and ill-fed stock of cattle.

other countries.
agriculture,

er

settle upon as much land ae_ will yield
him a bare subsistence only, when pros-
pects of wealth are held out to him in
other countries. So that we may enjoy

young men, we must have some employ-
ground,

to afford employment to a large number
of our mechanics.

branch of industry.

incalculable wealth to the country.

try has for many years been deplored by
the friends of our country, ‘The waters
around the Island swarm with fish, which
while they afford a lucrative employment

tries, are comparitively useless to us.
is certainly an uncomfortable and humi-

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to seek their fortunes elsewhere. We
want men @ capital to take hold of the
fishing business, in order to make it pay.
The young American is impatient at the
slow returns of trade, If he speculated,
he expects an immediate return; and as
this is not always practicable in the fish-
ing business, we have few investments
in that quarter, We want men who
can alford to wait, if need be, for a term
of years for their profits. The Newfound-
land fisheries were taken hold of by
British capitalists who, after encounter-
ing many difficultics, have made for
themselves mountains of wealth, as well
as afforded employment for an immmense
number of their countrymen, Too
much praise cannot Ye awarded to the
enterprise and business-like tact of a few
individuals who have of late turned
their attention to the fisherics of this
Island. Some of these mgn are from the
United States, and others are our own
native born, Let us hope that it is the
beginning of anew cra in our history,
and let us give the right hand of friend-
ship to those who may come among us
to establish any branch of industry that
may be conducive to our prosperity,

tar The weather Curing the past few
days has been very changeable. ‘The
cold rains of Monday and ‘Tuesday will
keep back farming operations, and help
to consume the fodder, which is now get-
ting to be a scarce article everywhere
the Island. If all the reports that reach
us be true, there must certainly be great
destitution in many sections of the coun-
try. Many persons have fed all their
sced grain and potatoes away, and have
now nothing to put in the ground. If
this be true, then the poverty next year
\ n in
our own town we hear there are many
persons in want of the necessaries of lite,

on

| Could not a relief fund be at once open-

jed up, to aid the deser Ving poor, and
| Purchase seed for

those who have none,

able independence by farming on the
No doubt the farmer has here,
as in other places, hard and pinching
times; but he is not singular in this
Men in all the other. callings
of life invariably have their days of de-
The present year
has been one of unusual severity and
We heartily sympa-
thize with him in his hardships, and
hope that a better day is already dawn-
But as progress has often been

But although our land is naturally
good, and tilled in the most approved
und scientific manner, yet we require the
development of some other branch ot
industry in order to keep pace with
Political economists
tell us that if we are left exclusively to
that our population will,
in the process of time, increase in a great-
proportion than our productions.
This will have the effect of draining the
Island of ovr young men, and them we
cannot afford to loose, since they consti-

prising youth will not be satisfied to

the benefit of the talent and energy of our

ment to offer them, other than tilling the
Shipbuilding has done much

But owing to the
scarcity of material, the uncertainty of
ready sale,consequent on the fluctuations
of trade, and in many instances the infe-
riority of the article which we are able
to furnish, it is somewhat a precarious

One of the greatest resources we pos-
sess lies in our Fisheries, and when once
properly developed, will be the source of
The
neglect of this important branch of indus-

to thousands of pesple from other coun-
It

iiating spectacle, to see our neighbors
sending their immense fleets of fishing

vessels your after year to our shores,
while our youth, for wa lie ply:
ment, are leaving the land of their birth

We are aware that the Government have
granted a sum of money, but what will
it be among so many, when oats is three
or four shillings per bushel, wheat fifteen
and potatoes three shillings per bushel,
Let the Lieutenant Governor of this Is.
land place his name at the head of the
list of a relief fund, end we venture to
say that hundreds will follow it.

fe Among our new advertisements
of to-day will be found’the Summer ar.
rangement of the Steamers belonging to
the P, 4, 1. Steam Navigatien Company,
We are sorry that it is so drawn up as to
make the arrival of the boat at this port
from Charlottetown, at midnight. .t is
certainly an unseasonable hour tor pas-
sengers—for goods it does not make any
difference, as they are always stored at
the expense of the Company. In this
matter many persons think that the Com-
pany are to blame, It is notso. They
ave bound to carry the mails when de=
livered to them, and therefore those wha
make the mail arrangement are the par-
ties who are to blame,

fe" Large quanties of new goods have
been landed from the steamer, at this
port, during the past week.

te The ship L. C. Owen arrived in
Charlottetown, from Liverpool, on the
14th, und the Undine on the 18th, both
bringing cargoes of general merchandize.
The bark Aewadin is daily expected here

Arure chance is now offered to any
person wanting a good business stand on
Water Street, in Summerside. (Seo
Auction sale by Wm. Bearisto in to-days
paper.)

We direct attention to an article in
another column headed ‘ Under the wrong
Flag,’ which we have copied irom the
Canadian, published in Iyoston.. What
it says about the young men leaving Ca-
nada, is very applicable to this Island.
The article has a true British ring about
it. No Annexation sentiments in it,like
some of the ‘+ small fry’ articles pub-
lished in a few of the Colonial papers.

Mr. Punshon, the great English orator,
has arrived in Canada. Next week we
will endeavor to give our readers a short
sketch of this great man,

The members of the Summerside Fire
Engine Company are requested to meet
for practice on Saturday evening, ab 7
o'clock.

Hay is sellit g to-day for 7s per ewt.,
oats 3s Gd, potatoes 8s, eggs 6d, but-
ter 1s dd, in good demand,

fe We extract the following from
the Dominion Tariff Act, which we have
just received. In Schedule D, it seys—

“The fullowing goods, when the growth
and produce of any of the British North Ame-
rican Vrovinces, may be imported free of
duty, vi

Animals of all kinds, fresh, smoked and
salted meats, green and dried fruits, tish of
all kinds, products of fish und of all other
creatures living in water, poultry, butter,
‘cheese, lard, tallow, timber and lanier of all
kinds, round, hewed, sawed, but not other-
wise manufactured in whole orin part, fish
oil, gypsum, ground er unground.””

tute the very bone and sinew of our
prosperity, ‘The ambitious and enter-

ba@™ Mr. dward Ellis gave his last Read-
ings, prior to his returning to Yarmouth, on
Weduesday te 29th April, before the Breth-
ren of * Boresv” Division, in their new ‘em-
perance Hall. —

YB We direct the attention of our read-
ers to the advertisement of C, L. Richards, ,
in another column. We have dealt extensi-
vely with him, and bear willing testimony to
his integrity and willingness to suit customers
in every particular, We can assure parties
in this Istund who deal in St. John, that they
cannot do better than to give Mr. Richards
acall, Our transactions with him was the
result of seeing his Card in the Suwamerside
Journal, which shows the business men of Sc
Jolin the importance of advertising in an Is-
land paper having such an extensive cireula-
tion in this City us the above named paper.—
Com. from Ch. Town

Albert IH. Yates, Esq., has been ap-
pointed Marshal ot the Vice Adumirality
Court ot this Isiand, in the place of Robt.
Lyndman, Nsy., decersed.—/sé,

‘The Rey. Thomas Duncan, of St.James’
Church, of this City, was a passenger in
the Steamer City of Cork, trom tMalitax
tor Liverpoul, on Friday last.—Jst.

Merion or ASCERTAINING THE Stare oF
THE LUNGS: —VPersons desirous of ascertain-
ing the true state of their lungs are directed
jto draw in as much breath as tiey convenient-
ly cau. ‘They are then to count as far as they
ure able, in a slow and audible voice, without
drawing in more breath, The number of
seconds they can continue counting must be
carefully observed; in a consumptive the
time dees not exceed ten, and is trequently
less that six seconds; in pleurisy and pneu-
monieit ranges from nine to tour secouds.
When the lungs are ina sou d condition the
(ime will range as high as from twenty to
thirty-five seconds,

It is believed that the seven Italian ships of
war that lately suiled on a secret mission aave
gone to the La Viata River to redress the
wrongs which eighty thousand Italians who
have scitded there have suffered from the
government of the Argentine Confederation,

Mount Allison Male Academy,

The Students of Mount Allison Malo Aca-
demy, having received with deep sorrow and
regiet, the intelligence of the death of their
fellow student Witttam Dovn., who died at
Sackville, N.B., on Tuesday,May 12th, 1863;
and be desirous of giving expression to
their respect and esteem fur him, at a special
meeting adopted the following preamble and
Resolutions :— i
_ Whereas it has pleased Almighiy God by «
dispensation of Lis wise but inserutable Lr0-
vidence, to take to Himself one who during
the past few months has been so intimately
connected with us, therefore
Resolved, that while we reverentially bow
to the will of the Highest, we lament the loss
of one whose mental and moral worth, as ex-
hibited in his daily deportment will make
his memory ever dear to us, and receive our
only consolation from his dying testimony of
happiness through fuith in the Saviour.
Aesolved, Uhat we proffer his relations ar t
friends our sincere aad hearttelt sympathy,
and are grateful that his Christian Gharacter
affords them abundant assurance of hope.
Resolved, That as his remains are to be
conveyed to the place of residence of bis
parents tor interment, we request one of our
number, William M, Stirling, to accompany
the corpse as far as Shediac. :
Resolved, That copies of the above pream-
ble and resolutions be transmitted to the
Parents of the deceased, in Prince Ed-
ward Island, and for publication je
the “Vrovincial Wesleyan,” ‘Surmitierside
Journal,” aud * Borderer,”
Wa. M. Stinnixe,
Cian.es D. Mann,
Sameer. Jongs.
Ciirronp B. Treemax,
ALrrep 3. Benn,
Kowanp C. MeRrapy.
Sackville, May 12, 1868,

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